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EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
Office (410) 235-7040
Sharon Ceci cell (410) 218-4835

410 218-4835
apcbaltimore@pipeline.com


Two important messages from the Solidarity Center:

* Karate Classes.

* This Thursday Meeting on Haiti and the Fight for Jobs at home and Algebra Project--March 4th Protest

Join the Solidarity Center for Karate Instructions and Training.

*Open to all ages and skill levels including beginners.

Train with Sensei Leon Swain, 5th degree black, three-time inductee into the World Professional Martial Arts Hall of Fame, inductee into Action Martial Arts Magazine’s 2009 Hall of Honors and member of the Sho-Rei-Shobu-Kan Budo Organization.

Training is great for:

fun; discipline (mental and physical);
exercise; developing mental awareness;
focusing mind, body, and spirit;
and relaxation/stress reduction.

Instructions will begin Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

Every Wednesday and Friday from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the Solidarity Center,

2011 N. Charles St., Lower Level.

You must register for class to be accepted.

Students will be accepted on a first come basis and the class will fill quickly.

So sign up asap. For more information on registering call: Steven at 443-909-8964.

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On Thursday, January 28, 7 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. At the Solidarity Center, 2011 N. Charles St. Lower Level Join us for a COMMUNITY PLANNING MEETING AND DISCUSSION Solidarity with Haiti! From Baltimore to Haiti--Jobs, Education, Housing & Health Care for All!

*Haiti and the Fight for Jobs Hear: Sharon Black who was part of a trade union delegation to Haiti that met with Haitian union leaders fighting against sweatshop abuses.

She is also a national organizer and coordinator for the April 10th National Protest for Jobs which grew out of the Pittsburgh March for Jobs.

Here is a link to a talk given by Reverend Smith of the Monumental Baptist Church who helped to lead the Pittsburgh Jobs March at the Detroit, Michigan, rally on Dr. King Jr.’s birthday.

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/27521250e87598a3e05edc255dfdef63/video/9485533

*Baltimore Algebra Project’s Protest for Student Rights on

March 4th “National Day to Defend Education”.

Hear: Representatives of the Baltimore Algebra Project.

*Updates Mumia Abu Jamal’s case and the Baltimore 3.




DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST SHARON BLACK-CECI, STEVEN CECI AND PATRICK ALLEN NOW!

STOP POLICE ATTACKS ON ALL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS!

Sign the petition

On the morning of December 9, long-time Baltimore Community activists Sharon Black-Ceci and Steven Ceci were dragged from their home by Baltimore police. The two, long-time leaders in the anti-racist, and poor people’s rights struggle, had been under police surveillance for their political activism. They have each been falsely charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a felony, and possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor.

On Nov. 14, while both Sharon Black-Ceci and Steven Ceci were attending a workers’ rights conference in NYC, Baltimore police broke down the door of their Baltimore home purportedly based on mysterious and false reports of heroin being sold from their residence. A roommate, Patrick Allen -- who was present at the time of the police break-in -- was arrested and the home was senselessly damaged.

Sharon Black-Ceci and Steven Ceci believe that this is not just an attack on them, but an attack on all activists and organizations that are fighting for a society based on social and economic justice and peace.

A year ago, the Baltimore ACLU revealed that the Baltimore All-Peoples Congress, the organization that Black-Ceci has led for more than a quarter of a century, was named as one of four political groups in Baltimore that the Maryland State Police had been spying on.

Sharon Black-Ceci and Steven Ceci were planning to hold a public event December 9, the evening they were arrested, as a political response to the police attack on their home in mid-November. That event was carried out as a press conference and emergency rally to free the activists.

Sign the petition to demand:

--RELEASE IMMEDIATELY AND DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST PATRICK ALLEN, SHARON BLACK AND STEVEN CECI!
--STOP POLICE ATTACKS ON ALL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS!